"Nankang" (which means south-harbor) is in the north part of the island.

"Beikang" (which means north-harbor) is in the south part of the island.

"Tungshr" (which means eastern-force) is on the west side of the island.

120 secs- impressive. did the doc even examine your wrist?

with what little knowledge i've accumulated so far, here's my take on your new 'drug regimen':

trilisate is the trade name for choline magnesium trisalicylate. think of this as another aspirin for pain relief.

baclofen (tradename: lioresal) is a muscle relaxant. basically, it's suppose to reduce both pain and spasms, and be less sedating. [watch for tolerance though].

as for the gasgel, couldn't find any references in any of my sources.....so i have no idea what that is- probably something that the fda hasn't approved. [hopefully- for your roomates and co-workers, it doens't promote what it sounds like! jk ]

and i'll add my 2 cents on taking pills- esp in taiwan where you can just go down to the pharmacy and ask for a couple of pills. resist the urge! most illnesses are probably viral in origin and thus antibiotics are useless. if you are positive that you have a bacterial infection (coughing up thick, dark colored sputum ,etc), the antibiotics will be effective, but you have to make sure that you take an entire dose- meaning not just til you feel better.

if you don't finish the entire course or pop antibiotics haphazardly, you'll be contributing to the evolution of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. and eventually, our mainstream antibiotics will be rendered useless. when you really sick, this would not be a good thing to have!

in fact, the most recent update here in the states, is that they are recommending against antiobiotic therapy for minor bacterial infections since the human immune system will be able to take care of the infection [of course, assuming the patient isn't immuno-compromised].

some groups even go as so far to say stop using anti-bacterial soaps, etc.....but in actuality all soaps are antibacterial- 80-90% of bacteria are removed just from the mechanical action alone.

I actually waited to take the medicine (sacrificed myself) until I heard from you guys... so I guess now I should take everything AND the Motrin and Vitamin B6 but NOT the GASGEL??

LOL!

You're --> FUNNY.

Hey since everyone here is trying to play doctor, why not me too?

Wow. SEE the power of the internet in action...

A few notes on numbers.
Taiwan's got 22 million people, not 20.
And China's population is 1.27 billion, not 1.6 billion. Also, the NT$ wasn't at 26 just before the Asian financial meltdown. It was up in the high 27s. Although the recent trend certainly isn't encouraging, the exchange rate now isn't really all that different than it's been over the past few years. It was well into the 33s a couple years ago.

Of course, none of that changes the fact that the currency isn't doing as well as those of us here would like, and that China's got a hell of a lot more people than Taiwan.

I don't share your faith about China. But we all do what we gotta do.

Happy trails.
--Mark

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